THE ALASKA MINER JOURNAL: The publication is member-only news mailed to AMA members, eight times a year, in months when the Magazine is not published. The Alaska Miner Journal is dedicated to those who work in and support the mining industry in Alaska, its commitment to the people, and the resources of our state. Our goal is to disseminate information on responsible mineral development, educating the public about the value of mining, providing information for our membership and the general public, providing policymakers the information they need to understand the mining industry and monitor political and regulatory processes affecting mining in Alaska.
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September 2024 Volume 52, Number 9
Journal of the Alaska Miners Association
Mining Day at the State Fair 2024!
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A Message from the Executive Director
Dear AMA Members and Friends, Ever feel like we take one step forward, then get pushed two steps back? That’s never been truer than this week. As you already know, the Bureau of Land Management in late August reinforced the Biden Administration’s determination to lock up 28 million acres of Alaska from development or use of almost any kind, including mining. This includes the additional access critical to develop the Ambler Mining District that has been guaranteed to Alaska since the passage of ANILCA. Thanks for your support in this battle. But politics that threatens our people, our families, our state, and even our national security is really bad politics. We’ll keep you posted in the coming weeks and months as we look for a way forward and around this latest challenge. Thanks for your support in this battle. Thankfully, we in Alaska are not alone in this fight. One of my great blessings is to have the opportunity to gather with my peers who lead the state mining associations across the west. Most recently we gathered in Duluth, Minnesota. Execs from mining associations throughout the west, plus representatives from AEMA, the American Coal Council, Rocky Mountain Mining Institute and Women’s Mining Coalition spent several days touring Minnesota
and regulatory contexts. However, there are several common issues across these states that impact mining operations. All states face significant environmental management issues related to water pollution, habitat protection, and waste management. Ensuring sustainable practices and effective reclamation is crucial across these diverse environments. Navigating complex regulatory frameworks and securing necessary permits are common challenges. The regulatory requirements, while ostensibly to protect the environment and public health, are also a source of delay and increased costs for mining operations. Mining in remote or challenging locations requires robust infrastructure and logistical planning. Whether dealing with harsh weather in Alaska, land-use conflicts in Minnesota, or water scarcity in Nevada, effective infrastructure is essential for operational success. We are enjoying a boom in higher prices and skyrocketing demand. But we have all lived through the past busts, as well as the frustration of likewise rising costs of everything we use and the barriers that keep us from making the most of these competitive prices. Nobody ever said this job would be boring!
mines and also brainstorming about solutions to issues common to us all. Mining Minnesota, host of this tour, said it eloquently in their newsletter: “Americans have an unbelievable amount of minerals under out feet and although every state has a slightly different story to tell, we rapidly discovered we have many of the same challenges. Our collaboration council will continue to share strategies with each other and build off successes to ensure that every state has the ability to provide the minerals we all rely on as consumers.” Different as our home states may be, we share a lot of common challenges. Mines in Alaska, Minnesota, and Nevada for example, each encounter unique challenges due to their distinct geographic, environmental, Congressman Pete Stauber, Mark Compton with AEMA, and Deantha at the recent Western States Mining Collaboration Council.
Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director
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Contango ORE Receives $36M of Gold, Silver from First Manh Choh Ore
Photo Courtesy Kinross Gold Contango ORE CEO Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse hefts the first 600-ounce gold bar poured from Manh Choh ore above his head.
By Mining News Since the July 8 pouring of the first bar of gold, the Kinross Alaska mill recovered approximately 55,000 ounces of gold and 11,000 ounces of silver from ore shipped from Manh Choh, a mine being operated under the Peak joint venture between Kinross Gold Corp. (70 percent) and Contango ORE Inc. (30 percent). For Contango, this marks the first revenue generated under its “hybrid royalty” model, a unique strategy to directly ship ore from high-quality gold, silver, and copper deposits to existing mills for processing.
This unique business model lowers the capital costs, environmental footprint, and permitting risks associated with developing mines at deposits that are much higher grade than the industry average but may not have the size to support their own mill. The Kinross Alaska mill at Fort Knox has been modified to recover gold from the higher-grade ore delivered from Manh Choh. The high-grade ore from Manh Choh is trucked roughly 250 miles to the mill at Kinross’ Fort Knox Mine north of Fairbanks, Alaska, where it is processed in batches. The first batch of Manh Choh ore, which was processed
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from early July through early August, delivered $36 million worth of gold and silver to Contango. “Having exceeded Contango’s internal production expectations from the first batch, we can now look forward to two more batches planned in the Fall for the remainder of 2024,” said Contango ORE President and CEO Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse. Over a one-month period, the Kinross Alaska mill at Fort Knox processed 190,040 metric tons of Manh Choh ore averaging 9.46 grams per metric ton gold. With the reconfigured mill recovering 95 percent of the gold from oxidized ores, approximately 55,000 ounces of gold and 11,000 ounces of silver were produced during this initial batch. Contango’s share of this production comes to 16,200 ounces of gold and 3,300 ounces of silver. Out of this, approximately 8,900 ounces of gold were delivered into the company’s hedges at an average price of $2,025/ounce and 5,800 ounces were sold at an average price of $2,440/ounce. In addition, Alaska’s newest gold-producing company received 3,128 oz of silver, which was sold for an average price of $27.58 / ounce. The balance of the gold and silver remains in recoverable inventory at Fort Knox and will be included during the processing of the second batch of Manh Choh ore later this year. In total, Contango received $36 million from selling its share of gold and silver produced from the first batch of Manh Choh ore. “I would like to acknowledge and thank Kinross, and in particular both the Manh Choh and Fort Knox teams, for achieving this important milestone,” said Van Nieuwenhuyse. With two more batches of ore scheduled to be processed before the end of the year, Contango expects to receive a total of 30,000 and 40,000 ounces of gold from Manh Choh in 2024. “Assuming we can meet these production targets, and the price of gold remains at current levels, the company expects to be in a strong cash position by the end of the year after funding working capital and delivering into our hedges,” Van Nieuwenhuyse added. “We then look forward to executing on our ‘Hybrid Royalty’ model focusing on our Lucky Shot and Johnson Tract properties, which we believe can both be developed efficiently by using our DSO (Direct Shipping Ore) approach.” “Mining and transportation of ore mined at Manh Choh continues to be delivered to the stockpile at Fort Knox and at this stage we believe all-in- sustaining-costs remain in line with the feasibility study,” Van Nieuwenhuyse added.
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AMA Members Meet with Congressmen on Alaska Mining
Congressmen Pete Stauber, Tom Tiffany and Russ Fulcher and their staffs met with AMA and many of our members in Anchorage in August. The congressmen traveled to Alaska as part of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee and scheduled a series of meetings with various industries and Alaska groups. This was a key opportunity to educate members of Congress about the challenges Alaska miners face every day. AMA held a mining roundtable and approximately 25 AMA members participated and shared their thoughts on needed permitting reform and litigation, the Ambler Road process and Congressional action when agencies
ignore the law, wetlands program in Alaska and adherence with Sackett, and general agency abuse of process. AMA provided a presentation showing the Congressmen the complexities of mining in Alaska locations, a next best thing to them seeing a mine themselves. The Members of the Committee were astounded at some of the examples we shared, and their reactions and follow- up comments were incredibly gratifying. A huge thanks to Lynden, one of our AMA supporting members, for hosting the meeting.
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Mining Day at the Alaska State Fair
Photos by Carin Currier We celebrated Mining Day 2024 at the Alaska State Fair, in collaboration with AK Metal Mines, handing out thousands of “Better Together” bags to fairgoers. It’s a simple and effective way to remind fellow Alaskans that we are a mining state!
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With the generous help of members of the Gold Prospectors Association of America, we introduced hundreds of young Alaskans to gold panning at and the importance of mining in Alaska at this year’s state fair.
On Aug. 17, AMA and Alaska Metal Mines partnered to host Mining Day at the Alaska State Fair. The sun was shining and we passed out over 10,000 backpacks to fairgoers. GPAA provided gold panning to more than 400 children and great conversations were had regarding mining in Alaska. AMA would like to extend a huge thanks to Oxford Assaying and Refining for sponsoring the gold, and a special thanks to everyone at GPAA who spent the entire day, hunched over tubs of frigid water, teaching kids to pan.
A shoutout to volunteers for making Mining Day possible: Kari Nore, Dan Graham, Rebecca Logan, Cathy Giessel, Melanie Matter Welsh, Leola and Barron Rutherford, Robyn Reyes, Rosita Johnson, David Manzer, Ella Ede, Laura Ross, Jamie Benson, Cindy Sand, Shirley McCaa, Ramona Monroe, Elizabeth Freeman, Debra Whitbeck and family, John Lamborn and family, Shane Lasley and family, Jennifer Kuhlmann and family, Lydia Haigh and family, Beki Toussaint and family, Taylor Burgh and family.
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Biden Administration Keeps 28M acres in Alaska Closed to Drilling, Mining
By Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will keep in place protections against potential oil and gas development and mining claims on 28 million acres of federal land across Alaska, the federal government said Aug. 27. The lands were protected from such development in the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The Trump administration took steps to remove the protections, an effort supported by Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan. The Biden administration said it found legal flaws in the previous administration’s effort, leading to a new environmental review to determine the best use of the lands. Haaland signed the decision, following an environmental review and public input. A new public land order will retain the protections. “Continuing these essential protections, which have been in place for decades, will ensure continued access and use of these public lands now and in the
future,” Haaland said in a statement from the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the lands. Resource development companies including mining, oil and gas have objected strongly to the election-year move to garner environmental votes for the Harris campaign. Dunleavy said on social media Tuesday that the decision is “the latest sanction against Alaska by the Biden-Harris administration.” “They are attempting to turn Alaska into one big national park,” Dunleavy said. “Alaska is still owed five million acres of land under the Statehood Act. Every one of these sanctions harms Alaska’s ability to prosper.” Sullivan said in a statement that the decision “harms our jobs and economy, and our Alaska Native communities,” locking up acreage that he said the federal government owes to Alaskans. Joe Plesha, communications director for Murkowski, said public land orders have become “political land orders” under the Biden administration.
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”Alaskans have been completely railroaded as the BLM goes back on their own recommendation and commitment to return Alaska’s lands to federal multiple-use status,” Plesha said. Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s office did not respond to a request for comment. One of Peltola’s challengers in the upcoming election, Republican Nick Begich III, criticized her on social media over the decision and said that “Alaska must fight back with every tool it has available to restore access to this land.” The protected lands are spread across Alaska. They’re about the size of Pennsylvania, collectively. In Western Alaska, they’re in the western Interior, Seward Peninsula and Bristol Bay regions. They’re also located in Southcentral Alaska and in eastern Alaska. According to the Bureau of Land Management, the agency received 15,000 public comments for the draft review, overwhelmingly favoring the protections. The environmental review claims that revoking any of the protections could harm subsistence hunting and fishing in dozens of Alaska Native communities that would lose federal subsistence priority over certain lands, the agency said. This was first published in the Anchorage Daily News
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in local tax revenues to support services like libraries, schools, road maintenance, and public safety
are the largest property taxpayers in Fairbanks, Juneau, and the Northwest Arctic Borough
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$235 million
$2.4 million
in state government revenues for services like education, highways, and airports
in royalty payments to Alaska Native Regional and Village Corporations across the state; totaling $3.2 billion since 1989
to Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority to care for Alaskans’ mental health needs
Western States Mining Collaboration Council
In August, AMA Executive Director Deantha Skibinski was in Minnesota representing Alaska at the annual meeting of the state mining associations. It was the first time Mining Minnesota hosted the Western States Mining Collaboration Council in Duluth and with a tour across the Iron Range. The mining industry has been a force in Minnesota for more than 140 years. Representatives from state trade associations included Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming as well as national organizations including the American Coal Council, American Exploration and Mining Association (AEMA), Rocky Mountain Mining Institute, and Women’s Mining Coalition. They were joined by Minnesota Congressman Pete Stauber who thanked the group for their hard work in their efforts for advancing responsible mining projects across the country. He answered questions about proposed national legislature for permitting and talked about future priorities in the industry. The group toured the Hibbing Taconite operation and New Range Copper Nickel’s project. Alaska and Minnesota share so many similarities in terms of mineral endowment, regulatory challenges, and hardworking miners! There is an obvious pride that Minnesotans share with Alaskans when it comes to mining.
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The Trade Show runs Tuesday – Thursday and is the best way to reach Alaska’s mining industry to display your products and services. Keynote Luncheons and other networking events are held in the Trade Show to ensure maximum exposure. We are rapidly selling these booths, and the show will fill up. Consider bringing your heavy equipment, too! Sponsor the Convention! We have many sponsorship opportunities to fit your needs and budget. Your sponsorship not only helps us underwrite this event, but it also supports AMA’s mission year-round. If you are looking for unique sponsorship opportunities or have any questions, please contact Jennifer Luiten. Signup forms can be found on our website at: www.alaskaminers.org.
The AMA Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held November 4-7, 2024, at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Make your plans now! Registration will be available online soon at AlaskaMiners.org. This is the largest mining event in Alaska each year! For a full week each November, we bring together more than 1,000 members, vendors, sponsors and Alaska leaders to learn, share and celebrate our industry, as well as collaborating on the future opportunities and challenges. Please make plans to join us.
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US Antimony Company Stakes Alaska Claims
By Shane Lasley, Mining News United States Antimony Corp. Aug. 21 announced that it has staked 69 state claims covering prospective high- grade copper showings in Alaska. The critical minerals-focused company that owns an antimony refinery in Montana has yet to reveal the location of this 11,040-acre property in Alaska. “The State of Alaska is under-explored, and we are considering other mining opportunities located in Alaska,” said Joe Bardswich, co-CEO of United States Antimony. “We are currently having initial discussions with other claim holders within the area of interest regarding possible acquisitions, options or joint ventures. Due to these other activities which are ongoing, we are not yet disclosing the exact location of these new mining claims announced today.” The company, however, did say a geologist can walk to the copper outcrops on its newly staked claims from a 10-mile road leading from one of Alaska’s few highways.
An eight-foot- (2.4 meters) thick outcropping quartz vein with very high copper values is a prime target covered by the claims staked by United States Antimony. Assay values of 13 samples collected from this outcropping vein by state geologists average 16.5 percent copper with 0.076 ounce per ton (2.6 grams per metric ton) gold and 2.21 ounce per ton (71.8 grams per ton) silver. United States Antimony said it was attracted to this project due to the recommendation of a consulting geologist with many years of experience in Alaska, as well as its own study of historical geological reconnaissance, mapping, sampling, and assaying reports from the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical surveys. The company’s interest in copper is due to the importance of this metal to the transition to low- carbon energy and transportation. Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy listed copper on its list of materials critical to energy technologies.
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Coeur Alaska’s Kensington Mine Celebrates First Family Day
Photos Courtesy Coeur Alaska Coeur Alaska’s Kensington Mine started a new tradition in August, with the mine’s first Family Day since beginning production. More than 100 visitors toured the mine, went underground, enjoy a meal at the mine’s dining hall and had a full day of fun activities hosted by each of the mine’s departments. It was a beautiful sunny Southeast Alaska day for friends and families to see and celebrate the great work done by the whole Kensington team every day.
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Corporate Members
Please support and thank these companies who have renewed their support and corporate membership in AMA. Their continued support makes possible all the work we do in and for the mining industry. Pioneer/High Grade Construction Machinery Industrial LLC
Donlin Gold LLC Lynden Logistics NovaGold Resources Inc. Oxford Assaying & Refining Corp. Pebble Limited Partnership Redpath USA Corporation RESPEC Taiga Mining Company Inc. Tower Hill Mines Inc. - Livengood Project Explorers Alaska Energy Metals Alaska Frontier Constructors Inc. Alaska Railroad Corporation Ambler Metals LLC Blackwolf Copper & Gold Ltd. Borealis Fuels and Logistics Chugach Alaska Corporation ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. Doyon, Ltd Freegold Ventures Ltd
GCI Business Graphite One Inc. HighGold Mining Inc Lifewater Engineering Company Nebari Partners NMS Nova Minerals Limited Nuna Geologic Services LLC
Producers Coeur Alaska - Kensington Mine Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company Kinross Alaska NANA Regional Corp Northern Star Resources - Pogo Mine Ruen Drilling Inc. Teck Alaska Inc. - Red Dog Usibelli Coal Mine Inc.
Orica USA Inc. PolarX Limited South32
Tectonic Metals Inc. Trilogy Metals, Inc. U.S. GoldMining Inc
Junior Producer Sundance Mining Group
Business Members 3-Tier Alaska A & D Drilling LLC ACZ Laboratories Inc. Advanced Supply Chain International LLC Airgas USA, LLC
Developers AIDEA Alaska Aggregate Products LLC Calista Corporation Constantine Mining LLC Contango Ore, Inc.
Our flexibility and dedication have enabled us to become a top provider for the heavy civil construction and resource development industries. MOVING THE EARTH
Whether you need geophysical, geological or exploration support services, our ideas, experience and northern expertise mean you’ll have the best thinking on your project. Go ahead – pick our brains.
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• Mine Development and Infrastructure • Earth Moving • Liner Installation and Welding • Roads, Dams and Bridge Construction
• Shotcrete and Slurry • Structural Steel • Concrete Structures and Foundations • HDPE Piping
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Northrim Bank, NA Northwest Mine Supply Northwest Pump Northwest Territories & Nunavut Chamber of Mines
DXP Alaska Pump & Supply Eastern Oregon Mining Association Energy Laboratories Inc. Equipment Source, Inc. ERM ESS Support Services Worldwide Everts Air Cargo Fairbanks Economic Develpment Corporation Fairweather LLC Felix Gold Ltd Ferguson Industrial First Things First Alaska Foundation Frontier Supply Company GBA Assaying & Refining General Refining Corporation Global External Graymont Great Northwest Inc. Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Greenstone Station Inc HDR Heliostar Metals Ltd. Horst Expediting & Remote Operations Inc. Hyak Mining Co.
Alaska Air Carriers Association Alaska Airlines Alaska Business Alaska Carquest LLC Alaska Chamber Alaska Drilling and Completions Alaska Forest Association Alaska Industrial Hardware Inc Alaska Minerals Inc. Alaska Mining & Diving Supply, Inc. Alaska Oil and Gas Association Alaska Policy Forum Alaska Remote Imaging Alaska Resource Education Alaska Rock Products Association Alaska Roteq Alaska Steel Co. Alaska Trucking Association Alpha Aviation LLC American Exploration & Mining Association Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Anchorage Sand & Gravel Inc. Arcticom LLC, a BSNC Company ARG Industrial Arizona Mining Association Aspen Hotels of Alaska Associated General Contractors of Alaska Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia Aurora Geosciences (Alaska) Ltd. Automatic Welding & Supply AVTEC - Alaska Vocational Technical Center Backcountry EMS Barr Engineering Co. BDO USA Beacon Occupational Health and Safety Services Inc. Big Ray’s Alaska Inc. Bobcat of Juneau Boreal Environmental Services Brenntag Pacific, Inc. CalCIMA Chamber of Mines of Eastern British Columbia Coastal Helicopters Colaska Colorado Mining Association Commonwealth North CONAM Construction Company Consumer Energy Alliance Craig Taylor Equipment Company Cruise Lines International Alaska Cummins Sales & Service Cyr Drilling USA Inc. Dawson City Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Rim Chemicals Pathfinder Aviation, LLC Perkins Coie LLP
Petro Marine Services Piton Exploration LLC Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada PX4 Software Ram-Enterprise
Remote Made Easy (PSSA) Remote Site Services Inc. Republic Services
Resource Development Council Roughstock Mining Services LLC Royal Gold Inc. Samson Tug & Barge Sandvik Sealaska Corporation/Alaska Coastal Aggregates LLC SECON/Southeast Roadbuilders Shoreside Petroleum Inc. SKAPS Industries SLR International Corporation SMS Equipment Inc. Society For Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Soloy Helicopters LLC Sophie Station Suites - Fountainhead Hotels Southeast Conference SRK Consulting
Hy-Tech Drilling USA Inc. Idaho Mining Association IMDEX Industrial Pumps of Alaska
Institute of Northern Engineering International Directional Services JCM Industries Juneau Economic Development Council Just Refiners USA, Inc. Kiewit Mining Group Klondike Placer Miners’ Association Knight Piesold & Company Kuna Engineering Lignite Energy Council Madison Lumber & Hardware Inc. Mascott Equipment Matanuska Telecom Association Matson MFCP Mitsubishi Materials USA Corp Modern Machinery Montana Mining Association Motion Industries
Stantec Consulting Inc. StateFire DC Specialties Stoel Rives LLP Sullivan Water Wells T & J Enterprises Inc. Temsco Helicopters Inc. The Alliance The Silver Institute Thermo-Tech, Inc. Thyssen Mining Inc. TOTE LLC Tyler Rental Inc. Ucore Rare Metals Inc. University Redi-Mix Utah Mining Association Valdez Creek Mining
MSI Communications Mueller Electric Div II N C Machinery
VEGA Americas Visit Anchorage
National Mining Association Nevada Mining Association New Mexico Mining Association North Star Terminal & Stevedore Co. LLC Northern Air Cargo Northern Industrial Training, LLC (Anchorage) Northern Permafrost Consulting
Wells Fargo Bank Alaska Women’s Mining Coalition World Trade Center Alaska WSP USA Inc. Wyoming Mining Association Yukon Chamber of Mines Zonge International Inc
Delta Industrial Services Inc. Denali Industrial Supply, Inc. DGI Geoscience Dorsey & Whitney LLP
New and Renewing Members
Thank you to all the AMA corporate and individual members who joined or renewed their membership to the association in July. You make AMA possible!
Corporations Alaska Airlines Alaska Energy Metals Alaska Remote Imaging Alaska Roteq Arcticom LLC, a BSNC Company Big Ray’s Alaska Inc. Coeur Alaska - Kensington Mine Delta Industrial Services Inc. Energy Laboratories Inc. Felix Gold Ltd GCI Business Global External Great Northwest Inc. Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company Kiewit Mining Group
Kinross Alaska Lynden Logistics N C Machinery North Star Terminal & Stevedore Co. LLC Orica USA Inc. Pebble Limited Partnership Petro Marine Services Ruen Drilling Inc.
Professionals Samuel Anderson Harunobu Arima Claude Bondy Odin Christensen Ivan & Tanya Clark Douglas Cook Brian R Erickson Kate Harper John Riggs Veronica A Slajer Taylor White
Samson Tug & Barge Thyssen Mining Inc. University Redi-Mix Zonge International Inc.
Operators Tom DePeter Jason Otteson
Individuals Emily Accipiter Stewart Chasity Anelon
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Brenna Schaake George Seuffert JR Janelle Sharp Meg B Smith Dallas Smith Martin Stearns Dennis & Ginger Steffy Adam Stellar Shannon Stevens Michele Stevens Joel M Stratman Pete Strow Eric Sundberg David ‘Zoom’ Szumigala
Breanna & Aiden Woods Kenneth Yockey Matthew Zeeck Frank Zylstra
Mike Heatwole Bruce Hellenga Bruce G & Linda Herning Jerry Hill Mike Huston Mark Immonen Sarah Ingram Stacy Kauffman Rae Keim Jeff Keller Sky King Bartly Kleven Don Larsen Paula Lillesve Rochelle Lindley Paul & Joni Manuel Chris McAndrew Vladimir Minano Shelby Mintken Debbie Mitchell Gary Mitchell Kelly Moore Dani Myren Thomas ‘John’ Nelson Heather Nelson Duane Nixon Jim & Nancy Oliver Christopher Olson Steven Olson Margie Olympic
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Alaska Mining Calendar
Dedicated to responsible development of Alaska’s resources.
Anchorage n Dec. 1-6: American Exploration & Mining Association Annual Meeting, Location TBD
n Sept. 24-26: MineEXPO
International, Las Vegas, Nev.; www. minexpo.com
Geologic Consulting Geologic Staffing Geologic Engineering Reporting (including 43-101) Logistics/ Operation Coordination Remote Site Management GIS Services Permitting Assistance Claim Staking Equipment Rental
n Nov. 4-7: Annual Convention and Trade Show,
Statewide Zoom Meetings
Fall 2024: n September 20 n October 18 n November 1 n November 15 n December 6 Beginning 2025:
n January 31 n February 14 n February 28
n March 14 n March 28
12100 Industry Way Unit P-9, Anchorage, AK www.alaskaearthsciences.com 907-522-4664
n April 11 n April 25 n May 9 See all details at the AMA website!
• Geotechnical Site Investigation • Offshore Drilling Specialists • Gravel, Placer Exploration • Large Diameter Bulk Sampling • Grouting, Anchoring & Piling • Wireline Coring NQ3 to PQ3 • Wireline CPT & Vane Testing • In-Situ Testing & Instruments • Heli-portable Drilling Systems • Sonic Capability • 3” to 24” Water Wells • Ground Improvement Anchorage, Alaska Ph: (907) 522-8263 HGrey@Foundex.com Abbotsford BC Canada Ph: (604) 594-8333
every two weeks, so n January 17
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In-Person Branch Meetings
n Your branches are starting up again for the fall! You will receive emailed notices, and
schedules will be posted on the AMA website under Branch Meetings.
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